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Can I activate a used Droid without a contract?

I have an old prepay account. If I buy a used Droid, can I activate it on my prepay account like I would any other phone, without a contract or extra charges? I know I wouldn't be able to use the cellular Internet or whatever. I mainly would want the phone for calls, wifi Internet at home, playing mp3s, and miscellaneous PDA stuff.

I don't know if you can do it on a prepay account, but if you buy a used droid like on ebay, as long as it has a clean esn and the prior account used with it is not in default, you do not have to sign a new contract to activate it. That's why the droid and other phones sell for hundreds more on ebay than buying it from verizon with contract.

Damn, that sucks. I just want a phone with a decent quality mp3/AAC player and a card slot (with 8GB and preferable 16), so I don't have to carry an Ipod and a cellphone at the same time. (The wifi Internet on the Droid would have been nice too.)

I have an old prepay account. If I buy a used Droid, can I activate it on my prepay account like I would any other phone, without a contract or extra charges? I know I wouldn't be able to use the cellular Internet or whatever. I mainly would want the phone for calls, wifi Internet at home, playing mp3s, and miscellaneous PDA stuff.

1)There's no such thing as a "contract" with prepay

2)Verizon doesn't allow smartphones of any kind to be activated on prepay (IN Pulse).

I'm so tempted to recommend Page Plus, but I can't bring myself to do it.

But, you can go on a month-to-month basis with Verizon without a contract. That is what I'm doing on my Droid. They do run a credit check (they did in november), even though you are not signing a contract, which sucks.